Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the canton Ticino (1913)
Butler, Samuel, 1835-1902, Streatfeild, R. A. (Richard Alexander), 1866-1919 · New York, E. P. Dutton & company · leaf 268
ter and better each time I go there. I know no placecomparable to it in its own way. I know no place so Angera and Arona 261 pathetic, and yet so impressive, in its decay. It is not aruin—all ruins are frauds—it is only decayed. It isa kind of Stokesay or Ightham Mote, better preservedthan the… … TERRACE AT CASTLE OF ANGERA, NO. I parts of old Roman columns from some temple, stuckin the ground ; inside are two statues called St. Peterand St. Paul, but evidently effigies of some magistratesin the Roman times. If the traveller likes to continue theroad past the church for three-quarters of a…
Monasteries
Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
